Abstract: Tetanus is a rare disease in the United States. Fewer than 40 cases are reported annually because of the high incidence of vaccina- tion. Recognition of the clinical presentations is important because labora- tory recovery of pathogen is only 30%, and toxin detection is rare because of consumption at motor neurons. We report a case of tetanus in an elderly man who had a reaction to tetanus vaccination as a child and was non- vaccinated through adult life.
Key Words: tetanus, convulsion, trismus, muscle spasm, muscle contraction
(Infect Dis Clin Pract 2015;23: e28–e29